Name plate



March 2,1926. 1,575,244

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NAME PLATE Filed Deo. l?, 1924 JOHN DCE HEATING C@ Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

g'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM H. WIX, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

NAME PLATE.

Application led December 17, 1924. Serial N'o. 756,437.

houses now built are equipped withA plumb-` ing or heating apparatus employing pipes. It is also well understood lthat most of such apparatus, as installed in the modern dwelling, is installed without definite construction plans and that, even when the owner possesses such definite installation data it is difiicult to obtain the service of the person` firm, company or'corporation which did the installation, because of difficulty in finding out who made the same. e

rlhe object of the invention is to provide a name plate which may be attached to any such installation by the person making the same and it will indicate to the owner, in the event of repairs ,being necessary, to whom he should apply for such repairs.

To this end the invention contemplates the provision of a name plateindicating that the installation was put in place by a particular party, the name plate being of such character that it may be readily atiaehed to any pipe leading from the heater or connected with the plumbing.

The most important object of the invention is therefore to provide a particular form of naine plate capable of being attached to any pipe around a heating or plumbing plant, the plate being adapted to be secured to such pipe in a manner that will display the .name of the person who made the installation.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In .the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a face view of the device as applied to a pipe.

Figure 2 is a. figure on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. i

Figure 3 is a side view of the device. Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing la modification employing serrationsN The invention, in its present embodiment,

consists of a disc V10, whereon is cast oi" otherwise indicated a legend 11 showing by whom the installation was effected. Preferably, for vpurposes of preventing wear, this disc is surrounded by an upsta-nding rim 12. Centrally disposed of the disc is an orifice 13 wherethrough projects a bolt 14.

On the back or rear side of this disc is a pair of spaced lugs 15 having angular notches 16 so that the disc may be positioned on a pipe. These notches may either be plain in surface as shown in Figure Z or serrated as shown in Figure 4. Through the orifice 13 extends the bolt 14 and this bolt passes through the center of a securing band 16, the band being of flexible materiai so that it may be bent around the pipe P, thus enabling the device to be secured by suitable means such as the bolt 17, and is preferably perforated at 18 for the purpose of adjustment.

It will be obvious that other securing devices may be employed but it will be noted that the essentials of the invention are the employment of a name plate, the lugs l5 and a suitable securing band located be tween said lugs.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the what is claimed as new, is:

The combination with a name plate; of .lugs projecting rearwardly from said. name invention,

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plate, each formed integrally therewith and positioned to hold said name plate in vertical aliiiement With the pipe to which the plate is to be attached and a flexible securing band pivot-ally attached to said plate between said lugs ofi the real side thereof, each of said lugs having its rearward edge notched to engage the pipe, the edge of the notched portions of said lugs being serrated, and means to adjustably connect the ends of 10 said securing band.

In testimony whereof I aiix my Signature.

WILLIAM H. VIX. 

